Geneva Marathon
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The Geneva Marathon is an annual marathon
foot-race held in Geneva
, Switzerland
. It draws about 5,500 participants every May. Apart from the marathon, there is also half marathon held on the same day, and races exclusively for women and children held the day before. A time limit of six hours applies to the main event. It is not yet clear when the 2011 edition will be.
Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
foot-race held in Geneva
Geneva
Geneva In the national languages of Switzerland the city is known as Genf , Ginevra and Genevra is the second-most-populous city in Switzerland and is the most populous city of Romandie, the French-speaking part of Switzerland...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
. It draws about 5,500 participants every May. Apart from the marathon, there is also half marathon held on the same day, and races exclusively for women and children held the day before. A time limit of six hours applies to the main event. It is not yet clear when the 2011 edition will be.
Past winners
Key:| Edition | Year | Men's Winner | Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
Women's Winner | Time (h Hour The hour is a unit of measurement of time. In modern usage, an hour comprises 60 minutes, or 3,600 seconds... :m Minute A minute is a unit of measurement of time or of angle. The minute is a unit of time equal to 1/60th of an hour or 60 seconds. In the UTC time scale, a minute on rare occasions has 59 or 61 seconds; see leap second. The minute is not an SI unit; however, it is accepted for use with SI units... :s Second The second is a unit of measurement of time, and is the International System of Units base unit of time. It may be measured using a clock.... ) |
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| 1st | 08-05-2005 | 2:15:29 | 2:43:53 | ||
| 2nd | 07-05-2006 | 2:15:31 | 2:45:07 | ||
| 3rd | 06-05-2007 | 2:18:36 | 2:43:57 | ||
| 4th | 29-09-2008 | 2:14:23 | 2:46:57 | ||
| 5th | 11-05-2009 | 2:19:49 | 2:52:47 | ||
| 6th | 11-05-2010 | 2:20:30 | 2:44:32 |